Sunday,
January 14, 2018
6:44
PM
What kind of
mistakes keep me from achieving my dreams?
Time disasters. Energy disasters. People disasters.
All mistakes fit
into these three categories.
Anything can be a
time waster. Most things are time
wasters. It's not a mistake to take care
of yourself and rest. Some people, I'm
not naming names, would say that any time not spent on your goals is time
wasted. You have to portion out your
day. You need 8 hours of sleep, give or
take a few, at least 30 minutes to an hour of prep time before you start your
day and the same amount of time at night before bed, to get sleepy. An hour of exercise, 30 minutes to shower,
an hour to eat, breakfast lunch and dinner.
That takes about 15 hours right there, just spent on equilibrium
tasks. 24-15 = 9. You've got to have work, and that takes about
8 hours a day, minus weekends, where you would probably be doing housework
anyway and that leaves you with about an hour.
One hour to fulfill your dreams, unless you are doing it at work. One hour.
Impossible, right?
Now all this is
theoretical. I'm pretty much basic about
getting things done. I can get ready in
thirty minutes, I've found out. I don’t exercise. I sleep late on my days off. I can eat and do dishes in 15 minutes,
practically and watch an episode of Parks and Recreation while I'm doing it. So generally I have 3 to 4 hours of free time, that I have
mostly planned to achieve my dreams.
So you have managed
this free time. Pretty sweet, huh? What mistakes can keep me from achieving my
dreams? Being stuck. Being stuck is a mistake. Yeah, you heard me. If you are "always" or if You
notice that "always"…something or "never" something the
problem is not someone else, it's you.
Because you are the one noting the behavior and seeing it repeated. Get unstuck.
That's right. I don't know how
you do it, but if you are stuck, get unstuck.
Grease that gasket! Your dreams
and your life depend on it. Let me put
it this way. Your growth depends on
it. So no one wants you to grow. Withdraw a little and let others grow on
you. Take a chance on change. I'm not talking about huge changes, but
growth. You can't even see the change,
but something looks a little different.
What other mistakes
can keep you from your dreams?
Distractions from which you can't recover. Get drunk, have a baby! I'm not saying this will kill all your
dreams, but it certainly will throw a wrench in the works. Distractions from which you can't
recover. I'm going to give you some
examples, which are bad examples, because I have and can recover from them, but
writing is an art, not a science, so bear with me. I sometimes do random things because they
feel good at the moment, and don’t think about the consequences. One time, I decided to do Avon. Now I have 40 or more books of all ages,
sitting in my room, rotting away, while I have one sale, and am awaiting the
Avon Fairie to come down and bless me with miracle selling ability and millions
of contacts. I once signed up for an
online insurance class. I think I have a
couple days left to study and I read most of the chapters of the book, but no
motivation. And I'm out 160
dollars. These are pretty average risks,
but they have the potential to be distractions from which I can't recover. I still have to talk to my Avon mentor. I have so much guilt that I may avoid her for
the rest of my life, and I paid money for those brochures, too. These are little side dreams, little
mistakes, that could take you from your main dreams, your main goal. And if you invest too much into them, they
could derail your life forever!
I want to disclaimer
this. There are some people who go on to
give their lives into selling Avon, or insurance, or whatnot, and this isn't
automatically bad or evil. I think I'm
really just getting to know what distractions are going to keep you from
recovering in life and if you know more about this than I do, please, write
more on the subject, but this is all I have for you today.
These are my
examples of time disasters: Getting Stuck and Distractions.
Energy disasters.
You remember those
15 hours of borderline stuff that you have to do to stay normal? Serious problems come out when you don't do
that stuff. You don't get enough sleep? Stress.
You don't shower? Stress. You don't exercise? Stress.
You end up being late to morning stuff, accidentally late for sleep, you
don't get enough sleep? Stress. You could end up chronically late for
everything in your life. Also, did I
mention sleep deprived? Or stress? Now, it's ok.
Stress is normal. However. A lot of stress, and you could crack. I know.
I'm one of the crackers. I'm not
talking about how white I am. I cracked
under stress. More about that
later.
Unhappy breaks to
your routine is another energy disaster.
I have a pretty good routine mapped out at least for the mornings and
the evenings. I like to have some time
with God, and breakfast and I'm trying to start exercising. I take a shower in the evenings and read,
journal and knit. It's pretty
sweet. My brother's dog came to visit us
for a weekend, and that was a happy break to my routine, because, of course, I
was showering her with attention and affection and catering to her every
whim. But a brittle routine paired up
with an unhappy break can be the worst.
We can't let the terrorists win.
Routines are there to make you feel happy and secure, and if there is
dramatic change in your life, or a schedule you
despise with your eyes that doesn't fit you and draw you to your needs,
you will have an unhappy break, that will set you back for years. It's another cracker situation.
People
disasters. I don’t even know where to
start with this one, actually I should have started with this one, because
there is no time/energy management, only people management. Am I right… people? You would know. I like to think of individuals as little
business organizations who are all managing people under and above them. In my experience, I have avoided people and
tend to be an introvert, for many and varied reasons, and I know that it is
me. But I do love people and want to be
there for my friends and family. I like
to keep my options open when it comes to people and the mistakes you make are
varied and impossible to describe. I
don't even know what I could say about people that could make sense of anything
that might start to describe mistakes we make with people that can keep us from
reaching our dreams. A couple good rules
of thumb. Keep your word. Be as honest as much as possible, lie when
you need a breath of fresh air, take care of the little ones, respect the older
ones, and don’t lose faith with your peers.
That doesn't even begin to touch the volumes of work which could be
written about people disasters, but it's a start. Don't ever stop learning.
So achieve your
dreams. Don't be thrown off by time,
energy, or people disasters. I hope this
helps in someway, forgive me where I fall short.
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